luci-base: luci.js: add LuCI.session.getToken()
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+/**
+ * @class LuCI
+ * @classdesc
+ *
+ * This is the LuCI base class. It is automatically instantiated and
+ * accessible using the global `L` variable.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} env
+ * The environment settings to use for the LuCI runtime.
+ */
+
 (function(window, document, undefined) {
        'use strict';
 
+       var env = {};
+
        /* Object.assign polyfill for IE */
        if (typeof Object.assign !== 'function') {
                Object.defineProperty(Object, 'assign', {
                return s.replace(/(?:^|[\. -])(.)/g, function(m0, m1) { return m1.toUpperCase() });
        };
 
-       var superContext = null, Class = Object.assign(function() {}, {
+       /**
+        * @class baseclass
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * `LuCI.baseclass` is the abstract base class all LuCI classes inherit from.
+        *
+        * It provides simple means to create subclasses of given classes and
+        * implements prototypal inheritance.
+        */
+       var superContext = {}, classIndex = 0, Class = Object.assign(function() {}, {
+               /**
+                * Extends this base class with the properties described in
+                * `properties` and returns a new subclassed Class instance
+                *
+                * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, *>} properties
+                * An object describing the properties to add to the new
+                * subclass.
+                *
+                * @returns {LuCI.baseclass}
+                * Returns a new LuCI.baseclass sublassed from this class, extended
+                * by the given properties and with its prototype set to this base
+                * class to enable inheritance. The resulting value represents a
+                * class constructor and can be instantiated with `new`.
+                */
                extend: function(properties) {
                        var props = {
+                               __id__: { value: classIndex },
                                __base__: { value: this.prototype },
-                               __name__: { value: properties.__name__ || 'anonymous' }
+                               __name__: { value: properties.__name__ || 'anonymous' + classIndex++ }
                        };
 
                        var ClassConstructor = function() {
                        return ClassConstructor;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Extends this base class with the properties described in
+                * `properties`, instantiates the resulting subclass using
+                * the additional optional arguments passed to this function
+                * and returns the resulting subclassed Class instance.
+                *
+                * This function serves as a convenience shortcut for
+                * {@link LuCI.baseclass.extend Class.extend()} and subsequent
+                * `new`.
+                *
+                * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, *>} properties
+                * An object describing the properties to add to the new
+                * subclass.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} [new_args]
+                * Specifies arguments to be passed to the subclass constructor
+                * as-is in order to instantiate the new subclass.
+                *
+                * @returns {LuCI.baseclass}
+                * Returns a new LuCI.baseclass instance extended by the given
+                * properties with its prototype set to this base class to
+                * enable inheritance.
+                */
                singleton: function(properties /*, ... */) {
                        return Class.extend(properties)
                                .instantiate(Class.prototype.varargs(arguments, 1));
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Calls the class constructor using `new` with the given argument
+                * array being passed as variadic parameters to the constructor.
+                *
+                * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                *
+                * @param {Array<*>} params
+                * An array of arbitrary values which will be passed as arguments
+                * to the constructor function.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} [new_args]
+                * Specifies arguments to be passed to the subclass constructor
+                * as-is in order to instantiate the new subclass.
+                *
+                * @returns {LuCI.baseclass}
+                * Returns a new LuCI.baseclass instance extended by the given
+                * properties with its prototype set to this base class to
+                * enable inheritance.
+                */
                instantiate: function(args) {
                        return new (Function.prototype.bind.apply(this,
                                Class.prototype.varargs(args, 0, null)))();
                },
 
+               /* unused */
                call: function(self, method) {
                        if (typeof(this.prototype[method]) != 'function')
                                throw new ReferenceError(method + ' is not defined in class');
                        return this.prototype[method].apply(self, self.varargs(arguments, 1));
                },
 
-               isSubclass: function(_class) {
-                       return (_class != null &&
-                               typeof(_class) == 'function' &&
-                               _class.prototype instanceof this);
+               /**
+                * Checks whether the given class value is a subclass of this class.
+                *
+                * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.baseclass} classValue
+                * The class object to test.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` when the given `classValue` is a subclass of this
+                * class or `false` if the given value is not a valid class or not
+                * a subclass of this class'.
+                */
+               isSubclass: function(classValue) {
+                       return (classValue != null &&
+                               typeof(classValue) == 'function' &&
+                               classValue.prototype instanceof this);
                },
 
                prototype: {
+                       /**
+                        * Extract all values from the given argument array beginning from
+                        * `offset` and prepend any further given optional parameters to
+                        * the beginning of the resulting array copy.
+                        *
+                        * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                        * @instance
+                        *
+                        * @param {Array<*>} args
+                        * The array to extract the values from.
+                        *
+                        * @param {number} offset
+                        * The offset from which to extract the values. An offset of `0`
+                        * would copy all values till the end.
+                        *
+                        * @param {...*} [extra_args]
+                        * Extra arguments to add to prepend to the resultung array.
+                        *
+                        * @returns {Array<*>}
+                        * Returns a new array consisting of the optional extra arguments
+                        * and the values extracted from the `args` array beginning with
+                        * `offset`.
+                        */
                        varargs: function(args, offset /*, ... */) {
                                return Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2)
                                        .concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(args, offset));
                        },
 
+                       /**
+                        * Walks up the parent class chain and looks for a class member
+                        * called `key` in any of the parent classes this class inherits
+                        * from. Returns the member value of the superclass or calls the
+                        * member as function and returns its return value when the
+                        * optional `callArgs` array is given.
+                        *
+                        * This function has two signatures and is sensitive to the
+                        * amount of arguments passed to it:
+                        *  - `super('key')` -
+                        *    Returns the value of `key` when found within one of the
+                        *    parent classes.
+                        *  - `super('key', ['arg1', 'arg2'])` -
+                        *    Calls the `key()` method with parameters `arg1` and `arg2`
+                        *    when found within one of the parent classes.
+                        *
+                        * @memberof LuCI.baseclass
+                        * @instance
+                        *
+                        * @param {string} key
+                        * The name of the superclass member to retrieve.
+                        *
+                        * @param {Array<*>} [callArgs]
+                        * An optional array of function call parameters to use. When
+                        * this parameter is specified, the found member value is called
+                        * as function using the values of this array as arguments.
+                        *
+                        * @throws {ReferenceError}
+                        * Throws a `ReferenceError` when `callArgs` are specified and
+                        * the found member named by `key` is not a function value.
+                        *
+                        * @returns {*|null}
+                        * Returns the value of the found member or the return value of
+                        * the call to the found method. Returns `null` when no member
+                        * was found in the parent class chain or when the call to the
+                        * superclass method returned `null`.
+                        */
                        super: function(key, callArgs) {
-                               for (superContext = Object.getPrototypeOf(superContext ||
-                                                                         Object.getPrototypeOf(this));
-                                    superContext && !superContext.hasOwnProperty(key);
-                                    superContext = Object.getPrototypeOf(superContext)) { }
+                               if (key == null)
+                                       return null;
 
-                               if (!superContext)
+                               var slotIdx = this.__id__ + '.' + key,
+                                   symStack = superContext[slotIdx],
+                                   protoCtx = null;
+
+                               for (protoCtx = Object.getPrototypeOf(symStack ? symStack[0] : Object.getPrototypeOf(this));
+                                    protoCtx != null && !protoCtx.hasOwnProperty(key);
+                                    protoCtx = Object.getPrototypeOf(protoCtx)) {}
+
+                               if (protoCtx == null)
                                        return null;
 
-                               var res = superContext[key];
+                               var res = protoCtx[key];
 
                                if (arguments.length > 1) {
                                        if (typeof(res) != 'function')
                                        if (typeof(callArgs) != 'object')
                                                callArgs = this.varargs(arguments, 1);
 
+                                       if (symStack)
+                                               symStack.unshift(protoCtx);
+                                       else
+                                               superContext[slotIdx] = [ protoCtx ];
+
                                        res = res.apply(this, callArgs);
-                               }
 
-                               superContext = null;
+                                       if (symStack && symStack.length > 1)
+                                               symStack.shift(protoCtx);
+                                       else
+                                               delete superContext[slotIdx];
+                               }
 
                                return res;
                        },
 
+                       /**
+                        * Returns a string representation of this class.
+                        *
+                        * @returns {string}
+                        * Returns a string representation of this class containing the
+                        * constructor functions `displayName` and describing the class
+                        * members and their respective types.
+                        */
                        toString: function() {
                                var s = '[' + this.constructor.displayName + ']', f = true;
                                for (var k in this) {
        });
 
 
-       /*
-        * HTTP Request helper
+       /**
+        * @class headers
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `Headers` class is an internal utility class exposed in HTTP
+        * response objects using the `response.headers` property.
         */
-
-       var Headers = Class.extend({
-               __name__: 'LuCI.XHR.Headers',
+       var Headers = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.headers.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.headers',
                __init__: function(xhr) {
                        var hdrs = this.headers = {};
                        xhr.getAllResponseHeaders().split(/\r\n/).forEach(function(line) {
                        });
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Checks whether the given header name is present.
+                * Note: Header-Names are case-insensitive.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.headers
+                * @param {string} name
+                * The header name to check
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the header name is present, `false` otherwise
+                */
                has: function(name) {
                        return this.headers.hasOwnProperty(String(name).toLowerCase());
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Returns the value of the given header name.
+                * Note: Header-Names are case-insensitive.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.headers
+                * @param {string} name
+                * The header name to read
+                *
+                * @returns {string|null}
+                * The value of the given header name or `null` if the header isn't present.
+                */
                get: function(name) {
                        var key = String(name).toLowerCase();
                        return this.headers.hasOwnProperty(key) ? this.headers[key] : null;
                }
        });
 
+       /**
+        * @class response
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `Response` class is an internal utility class representing HTTP responses.
+        */
        var Response = Class.extend({
-               __name__: 'LuCI.XHR.Response',
+               __name__: 'LuCI.response',
                __init__: function(xhr, url, duration, headers, content) {
+                       /**
+                        * Describes whether the response is successful (status codes `200..299`) or not
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name ok
+                        * @type {boolean}
+                        */
                        this.ok = (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status <= 299);
+
+                       /**
+                        * The numeric HTTP status code of the response
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name status
+                        * @type {number}
+                        */
                        this.status = xhr.status;
+
+                       /**
+                        * The HTTP status description message of the response
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name statusText
+                        * @type {string}
+                        */
                        this.statusText = xhr.statusText;
+
+                       /**
+                        * The HTTP headers of the response
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name headers
+                        * @type {LuCI.headers}
+                        */
                        this.headers = (headers != null) ? headers : new Headers(xhr);
+
+                       /**
+                        * The total duration of the HTTP request in milliseconds
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name duration
+                        * @type {number}
+                        */
                        this.duration = duration;
+
+                       /**
+                        * The final URL of the request, i.e. after following redirects.
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.response
+                        * @name url
+                        * @type {string}
+                        */
                        this.url = url;
+
+                       /* privates */
                        this.xhr = xhr;
 
-                       if (content != null && typeof(content) == 'object') {
+                       if (content instanceof Blob) {
+                               this.responseBlob = content;
+                               this.responseJSON = null;
+                               this.responseText = null;
+                       }
+                       else if (content != null && typeof(content) == 'object') {
+                               this.responseBlob = null;
                                this.responseJSON = content;
                                this.responseText = null;
                        }
                        else if (content != null) {
+                               this.responseBlob = null;
                                this.responseJSON = null;
                                this.responseText = String(content);
                        }
                        else {
                                this.responseJSON = null;
-                               this.responseText = xhr.responseText;
+
+                               if (xhr.responseType == 'blob') {
+                                       this.responseBlob = xhr.response;
+                                       this.responseText = null;
+                               }
+                               else {
+                                       this.responseBlob = null;
+                                       this.responseText = xhr.responseText;
+                               }
                        }
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Clones the given response object, optionally overriding the content
+                * of the cloned instance.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.response
+                * @param {*} [content]
+                * Override the content of the cloned response. Object values will be
+                * treated as JSON response data, all other types will be converted
+                * using `String()` and treated as response text.
+                *
+                * @returns {LuCI.response}
+                * The cloned `Response` instance.
+                */
                clone: function(content) {
                        var copy = new Response(this.xhr, this.url, this.duration, this.headers, content);
 
                        return copy;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Access the response content as JSON data.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.response
+                * @throws {SyntaxError}
+                * Throws `SyntaxError` if the content isn't valid JSON.
+                *
+                * @returns {*}
+                * The parsed JSON data.
+                */
                json: function() {
                        if (this.responseJSON == null)
                                this.responseJSON = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
                        return this.responseJSON;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Access the response content as string.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.response
+                * @returns {string}
+                * The response content.
+                */
                text: function() {
                        if (this.responseText == null && this.responseJSON != null)
                                this.responseText = JSON.stringify(this.responseJSON);
 
                        return this.responseText;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Access the response content as blob.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.response
+                * @returns {Blob}
+                * The response content as blob.
+                */
+               blob: function() {
+                       return this.responseBlob;
                }
        });
 
                });
        }
 
-       var Request = Class.singleton({
-               __name__: 'LuCI.Request',
+       /**
+        * @class request
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `Request` class allows initiating HTTP requests and provides utilities
+        * for dealing with responses.
+        */
+       var Request = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.request.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.request',
 
                interceptors: [],
 
+               /**
+                * Turn the given relative URL into an absolute URL if necessary.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to convert.
+                *
+                * @returns {string}
+                * The absolute URL derived from the given one, or the original URL
+                * if it already was absolute.
+                */
                expandURL: function(url) {
                        if (!/^(?:[^/]+:)?\/\//.test(url))
                                url = location.protocol + '//' + location.host + url;
                        return url;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * @typedef {Object} RequestOptions
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                *
+                * @property {string} [method=GET]
+                * The HTTP method to use, e.g. `GET` or `POST`.
+                *
+                * @property {Object<string, Object|string>} [query]
+                * Query string data to append to the URL. Non-string values of the
+                * given object will be converted to JSON.
+                *
+                * @property {boolean} [cache=false]
+                * Specifies whether the HTTP response may be retrieved from cache.
+                *
+                * @property {string} [username]
+                * Provides a username for HTTP basic authentication.
+                *
+                * @property {string} [password]
+                * Provides a password for HTTP basic authentication.
+                *
+                * @property {number} [timeout]
+                * Specifies the request timeout in seconds.
+                *
+                * @property {boolean} [credentials=false]
+                * Whether to include credentials such as cookies in the request.
+                *
+                * @property {string} [responseType=text]
+                * Overrides the request response type. Valid values or `text` to
+                * interpret the response as UTF-8 string or `blob` to handle the
+                * response as binary `Blob` data.
+                *
+                * @property {*} [content]
+                * Specifies the HTTP message body to send along with the request.
+                * If the value is a function, it is invoked and the return value
+                * used as content, if it is a FormData instance, it is used as-is,
+                * if it is an object, it will be converted to JSON, in all other
+                * cases it is converted to a string.
+                *
+            * @property {Object<string, string>} [header]
+            * Specifies HTTP headers to set for the request.
+            *
+            * @property {function} [progress]
+            * An optional request callback function which receives ProgressEvent
+            * instances as sole argument during the HTTP request transfer.
+                */
+
+               /**
+                * Initiate an HTTP request to the given target.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {string} target
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.request.RequestOptions} [options]
+                * Additional options to configure the request.
+                *
+                * @returns {Promise<LuCI.response>}
+                * The resulting HTTP response.
+                */
                request: function(target, options) {
                        var state = { xhr: new XMLHttpRequest(), url: this.expandURL(target), start: Date.now() },
                            opt = Object.assign({}, options, state),
                                else
                                        opt.xhr.open(opt.method, opt.url, true);
 
-                               opt.xhr.responseType = 'text';
+                               opt.xhr.responseType = opt.responseType || 'text';
 
                                if ('overrideMimeType' in opt.xhr)
                                        opt.xhr.overrideMimeType('application/octet-stream');
                },
 
                handleReadyStateChange: function(resolveFn, rejectFn, ev) {
-                       var xhr = this.xhr;
+                       var xhr = this.xhr,
+                           duration = Date.now() - this.start;
 
                        if (xhr.readyState !== 4)
                                return;
 
                        if (xhr.status === 0 && xhr.statusText === '') {
-                               rejectFn.call(this, new Error('XHR request aborted by browser'));
+                               if (duration >= this.timeout)
+                                       rejectFn.call(this, new Error('XHR request timed out'));
+                               else
+                                       rejectFn.call(this, new Error('XHR request aborted by browser'));
                        }
                        else {
                                var response = new Response(
-                                       xhr, xhr.responseURL || this.url, Date.now() - this.start);
+                                       xhr, xhr.responseURL || this.url, duration);
 
                                Promise.all(Request.interceptors.map(function(fn) { return fn(response) }))
                                        .then(resolveFn.bind(this, response))
                        }
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Initiate an HTTP GET request to the given target.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {string} target
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.request.RequestOptions} [options]
+                * Additional options to configure the request.
+                *
+                * @returns {Promise<LuCI.response>}
+                * The resulting HTTP response.
+                */
                get: function(url, options) {
                        return this.request(url, Object.assign({ method: 'GET' }, options));
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Initiate an HTTP POST request to the given target.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {string} target
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {*} [data]
+                * The request data to send, see {@link LuCI.request.RequestOptions} for details.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.request.RequestOptions} [options]
+                * Additional options to configure the request.
+                *
+                * @returns {Promise<LuCI.response>}
+                * The resulting HTTP response.
+                */
                post: function(url, data, options) {
                        return this.request(url, Object.assign({ method: 'POST', content: data }, options));
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Interceptor functions are invoked whenever an HTTP reply is received, in the order
+                * these functions have been registered.
+                * @callback LuCI.request.interceptorFn
+                * @param {LuCI.response} res
+                * The HTTP response object
+                */
+
+               /**
+                * Register an HTTP response interceptor function. Interceptor
+                * functions are useful to perform default actions on incoming HTTP
+                * responses, such as checking for expired authentication or for
+                * implementing request retries before returning a failure.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {LuCI.request.interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+                * The interceptor function to register.
+                *
+                * @returns {LuCI.request.interceptorFn}
+                * The registered function.
+                */
                addInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
                        if (typeof(interceptorFn) == 'function')
                                this.interceptors.push(interceptorFn);
                        return interceptorFn;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Remove an HTTP response interceptor function. The passed function
+                * value must be the very same value that was used to register the
+                * function.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @param {LuCI.request.interceptorFn} interceptorFn
+                * The interceptor function to remove.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if any function has been removed, else `false`.
+                */
                removeInterceptor: function(interceptorFn) {
                        var oldlen = this.interceptors.length, i = oldlen;
                        while (i--)
                        return (this.interceptors.length < oldlen);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * @class
+                * @memberof LuCI.request
+                * @hideconstructor
+                * @classdesc
+                *
+                * The `Request.poll` class provides some convience wrappers around
+                * {@link LuCI.poll} mainly to simplify registering repeating HTTP
+                * request calls as polling functions.
+                */
                poll: {
+                       /**
+                        * The callback function is invoked whenever an HTTP reply to a
+                        * polled request is received or when the polled request timed
+                        * out.
+                        *
+                        * @callback LuCI.request.poll~callbackFn
+                        * @param {LuCI.response} res
+                        * The HTTP response object.
+                        *
+                        * @param {*} data
+                        * The response JSON if the response could be parsed as such,
+                        * else `null`.
+                        *
+                        * @param {number} duration
+                        * The total duration of the request in milliseconds.
+                        */
+
+                       /**
+                        * Register a repeating HTTP request with an optional callback
+                        * to invoke whenever a response for the request is received.
+                        *
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.request.poll
+                        * @param {number} interval
+                        * The poll interval in seconds.
+                        *
+                        * @param {string} url
+                        * The URL to request on each poll.
+                        *
+                        * @param {LuCI.request.RequestOptions} [options]
+                        * Additional options to configure the request.
+                        *
+                        * @param {LuCI.request.poll~callbackFn} [callback]
+                        * {@link LuCI.request.poll~callbackFn Callback} function to
+                        * invoke for each HTTP reply.
+                        *
+                        * @throws {TypeError}
+                        * Throws `TypeError` when an invalid interval was passed.
+                        *
+                        * @returns {function}
+                        * Returns the internally created poll function.
+                        */
                        add: function(interval, url, options, callback) {
                                if (isNaN(interval) || interval <= 0)
                                        throw new TypeError('Invalid poll interval');
                                var ival = interval >>> 0,
                                    opts = Object.assign({}, options, { timeout: ival * 1000 - 5 });
 
-                               return Poll.add(function() {
+                               var fn = function() {
                                        return Request.request(url, options).then(function(res) {
                                                if (!Poll.active())
                                                        return;
                                                        callback(res, null, res.duration);
                                                }
                                        });
-                               }, ival);
+                               };
+
+                               return (Poll.add(fn, ival) ? fn : null);
                        },
 
+                       /**
+                        * Remove a polling request that has been previously added using `add()`.
+                        * This function is essentially a wrapper around
+                        * {@link LuCI.poll.remove LuCI.poll.remove()}.
+                        *
+                        * @instance
+                        * @memberof LuCI.request.poll
+                        * @param {function} entry
+                        * The poll function returned by {@link LuCI.request.poll#add add()}.
+                        *
+                        * @returns {boolean}
+                        * Returns `true` if any function has been removed, else `false`.
+                        */
                        remove: function(entry) { return Poll.remove(entry) },
+
+                       /**
+                         * Alias for {@link LuCI.poll.start LuCI.poll.start()}.
+                         *
+                         * @instance
+                         * @memberof LuCI.request.poll
+                         */
                        start: function() { return Poll.start() },
+
+                       /**
+                         * Alias for {@link LuCI.poll.stop LuCI.poll.stop()}.
+                         *
+                         * @instance
+                         * @memberof LuCI.request.poll
+                         */
                        stop: function() { return Poll.stop() },
+
+                       /**
+                         * Alias for {@link LuCI.poll.active LuCI.poll.active()}.
+                         *
+                         * @instance
+                         * @memberof LuCI.request.poll
+                         */
                        active: function() { return Poll.active() }
                }
        });
 
-       var Poll = Class.singleton({
-               __name__: 'LuCI.Poll',
+       /**
+        * @class poll
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `Poll` class allows registering and unregistering poll actions,
+        * as well as starting, stopping and querying the state of the polling
+        * loop.
+        */
+       var Poll = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.poll.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.poll',
 
                queue: [],
 
+               /**
+                * Add a new operation to the polling loop. If the polling loop is not
+                * already started at this point, it will be implicitely started.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.poll
+                * @param {function} fn
+                * The function to invoke on each poll interval.
+                *
+                * @param {number} interval
+                * The poll interval in seconds.
+                *
+                * @throws {TypeError}
+                * Throws `TypeError` when an invalid interval was passed.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the function has been added or `false` if it
+                * already is registered.
+                */
                add: function(fn, interval) {
                        if (interval == null || interval <= 0)
-                               interval = window.L ? window.L.env.pollinterval : null;
+                               interval = env.pollinterval || null;
 
                        if (isNaN(interval) || typeof(fn) != 'function')
-                               throw new TypeError('Invalid argument to LuCI.Poll.add()');
+                               throw new TypeError('Invalid argument to LuCI.poll.add()');
 
                        for (var i = 0; i < this.queue.length; i++)
                                if (this.queue[i].fn === fn)
                        return true;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Remove an operation from the polling loop. If no further operatons
+                * are registered, the polling loop is implicitely stopped.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.poll
+                * @param {function} fn
+                * The function to remove.
+                *
+                * @throws {TypeError}
+                * Throws `TypeError` when the given argument isn't a function.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the function has been removed or `false` if it
+                * wasn't found.
+                */
                remove: function(fn) {
                        if (typeof(fn) != 'function')
-                               throw new TypeError('Invalid argument to LuCI.Poll.remove()');
+                               throw new TypeError('Invalid argument to LuCI.poll.remove()');
 
                        var len = this.queue.length;
 
                        return (this.queue.length != len);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * (Re)start the polling loop. Dispatches a custom `poll-start` event
+                * to the `document` object upon successful start.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.poll
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if polling has been started (or if no functions
+                * where registered) or `false` when the polling loop already runs.
+                */
                start: function() {
                        if (this.active())
                                return false;
                        return true;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Stop the polling loop. Dispatches a custom `poll-stop` event
+                * to the `document` object upon successful stop.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.poll
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if polling has been stopped or `false` if it din't
+                * run to begin with.
+                */
                stop: function() {
                        if (!this.active())
                                return false;
                        return true;
                },
 
+               /* private */
                step: function() {
                        for (var i = 0, e = null; (e = Poll.queue[i]) != null; i++) {
                                if ((Poll.tick % e.i) != 0)
                        Poll.tick = (Poll.tick + 1) % Math.pow(2, 32);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Test whether the polling loop is running.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.poll
+                * @returns {boolean} - Returns `true` if polling is active, else `false`.
+                */
                active: function() {
                        return (this.timer != null);
                }
        });
 
+       /**
+        * @class dom
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `dom` class provides convenience method for creating and
+        * manipulating DOM elements.
+        *
+        * To import the class in views, use `'require dom'`, to import it in
+        * external JavaScript, use `L.require("dom").then(...)`.
+        */
+       var DOM = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.dom.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.dom',
+
+               /**
+                * Tests whether the given argument is a valid DOM `Node`.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} e
+                * The value to test.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the value is a DOM `Node`, else `false`.
+                */
+               elem: function(e) {
+                       return (e != null && typeof(e) == 'object' && 'nodeType' in e);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Parses a given string as HTML and returns the first child node.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {string} s
+                * A string containing an HTML fragment to parse. Note that only
+                * the first result of the resulting structure is returned, so an
+                * input value of `<div>foo</div> <div>bar</div>` will only return
+                * the first `div` element node.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node}
+                * Returns the first DOM `Node` extracted from the HTML fragment or
+                * `null` on parsing failures or if no element could be found.
+                */
+               parse: function(s) {
+                       var elem;
+
+                       try {
+                               domParser = domParser || new DOMParser();
+                               elem = domParser.parseFromString(s, 'text/html').body.firstChild;
+                       }
+                       catch(e) {}
+
+                       if (!elem) {
+                               try {
+                                       dummyElem = dummyElem || document.createElement('div');
+                                       dummyElem.innerHTML = s;
+                                       elem = dummyElem.firstChild;
+                               }
+                               catch (e) {}
+                       }
+
+                       return elem || null;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Tests whether a given `Node` matches the given query selector.
+                *
+                * This function is a convenience wrapper around the standard
+                * `Node.matches("selector")` function with the added benefit that
+                * the `node` argument may be a non-`Node` value, in which case
+                * this function simply returns `false`.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} node
+                * The `Node` argument to test the selector against.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [selector]
+                * The query selector expression to test against the given node.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the given node matches the specified selector
+                * or `false` when the node argument is no valid DOM `Node` or the
+                * selector didn't match.
+                */
+               matches: function(node, selector) {
+                       var m = this.elem(node) ? node.matches || node.msMatchesSelector : null;
+                       return m ? m.call(node, selector) : false;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Returns the closest parent node that matches the given query
+                * selector expression.
+                *
+                * This function is a convenience wrapper around the standard
+                * `Node.closest("selector")` function with the added benefit that
+                * the `node` argument may be a non-`Node` value, in which case
+                * this function simply returns `null`.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} node
+                * The `Node` argument to find the closest parent for.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [selector]
+                * The query selector expression to test against each parent.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node|null}
+                * Returns the closest parent node matching the selector or
+                * `null` when the node argument is no valid DOM `Node` or the
+                * selector didn't match any parent.
+                */
+               parent: function(node, selector) {
+                       if (this.elem(node) && node.closest)
+                               return node.closest(selector);
+
+                       while (this.elem(node))
+                               if (this.matches(node, selector))
+                                       return node;
+                               else
+                                       node = node.parentNode;
+
+                       return null;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Appends the given children data to the given node.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} node
+                * The `Node` argument to append the children to.
+                *
+                * @param {*} [children]
+                * The childrens to append to the given node.
+                *
+                * When `children` is an array, then each item of the array
+                * will be either appended as child element or text node,
+                * depending on whether the item is a DOM `Node` instance or
+                * some other non-`null` value. Non-`Node`, non-`null` values
+                * will be converted to strings first before being passed as
+                * argument to `createTextNode()`.
+                *
+                * When `children` is a function, it will be invoked with
+                * the passed `node` argument as sole parameter and the `append`
+                * function will be invoked again, with the given `node` argument
+                * as first and the return value of the `children` function as
+                * second parameter.
+                *
+                * When `children` is is a DOM `Node` instance, it will be
+                * appended to the given `node`.
+                *
+                * When `children` is any other non-`null` value, it will be
+                * converted to a string and appened to the `innerHTML` property
+                * of the given `node`.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node|null}
+                * Returns the last children `Node` appended to the node or `null`
+                * if either the `node` argument was no valid DOM `node` or if the
+                * `children` was `null` or didn't result in further DOM nodes.
+                */
+               append: function(node, children) {
+                       if (!this.elem(node))
+                               return null;
+
+                       if (Array.isArray(children)) {
+                               for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
+                                       if (this.elem(children[i]))
+                                               node.appendChild(children[i]);
+                                       else if (children !== null && children !== undefined)
+                                               node.appendChild(document.createTextNode('' + children[i]));
+
+                               return node.lastChild;
+                       }
+                       else if (typeof(children) === 'function') {
+                               return this.append(node, children(node));
+                       }
+                       else if (this.elem(children)) {
+                               return node.appendChild(children);
+                       }
+                       else if (children !== null && children !== undefined) {
+                               node.innerHTML = '' + children;
+                               return node.lastChild;
+                       }
+
+                       return null;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Replaces the content of the given node with the given children.
+                *
+                * This function first removes any children of the given DOM
+                * `Node` and then adds the given given children following the
+                * rules outlined below.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} node
+                * The `Node` argument to replace the children of.
+                *
+                * @param {*} [children]
+                * The childrens to replace into the given node.
+                *
+                * When `children` is an array, then each item of the array
+                * will be either appended as child element or text node,
+                * depending on whether the item is a DOM `Node` instance or
+                * some other non-`null` value. Non-`Node`, non-`null` values
+                * will be converted to strings first before being passed as
+                * argument to `createTextNode()`.
+                *
+                * When `children` is a function, it will be invoked with
+                * the passed `node` argument as sole parameter and the `append`
+                * function will be invoked again, with the given `node` argument
+                * as first and the return value of the `children` function as
+                * second parameter.
+                *
+                * When `children` is is a DOM `Node` instance, it will be
+                * appended to the given `node`.
+                *
+                * When `children` is any other non-`null` value, it will be
+                * converted to a string and appened to the `innerHTML` property
+                * of the given `node`.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node|null}
+                * Returns the last children `Node` appended to the node or `null`
+                * if either the `node` argument was no valid DOM `node` or if the
+                * `children` was `null` or didn't result in further DOM nodes.
+                */
+               content: function(node, children) {
+                       if (!this.elem(node))
+                               return null;
+
+                       var dataNodes = node.querySelectorAll('[data-idref]');
+
+                       for (var i = 0; i < dataNodes.length; i++)
+                               delete this.registry[dataNodes[i].getAttribute('data-idref')];
+
+                       while (node.firstChild)
+                               node.removeChild(node.firstChild);
+
+                       return this.append(node, children);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Sets attributes or registers event listeners on element nodes.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} node
+                * The `Node` argument to set the attributes or add the event
+                * listeners for. When the given `node` value is not a valid
+                * DOM `Node`, the function returns and does nothing.
+                *
+                * @param {string|Object<string, *>} key
+                * Specifies either the attribute or event handler name to use,
+                * or an object containing multiple key, value pairs which are
+                * each added to the node as either attribute or event handler,
+                * depending on the respective value.
+                *
+                * @param {*} [val]
+                * Specifies the attribute value or event handler function to add.
+                * If the `key` parameter is an `Object`, this parameter will be
+                * ignored.
+                *
+                * When `val` is of type function, it will be registered as event
+                * handler on the given `node` with the `key` parameter being the
+                * event name.
+                *
+                * When `val` is of type object, it will be serialized as JSON and
+                * added as attribute to the given `node`, using the given `key`
+                * as attribute name.
+                *
+                * When `val` is of any other type, it will be added as attribute
+                * to the given `node` as-is, with the underlying `setAttribute()`
+                * call implicitely turning it into a string.
+                */
+               attr: function(node, key, val) {
+                       if (!this.elem(node))
+                               return null;
+
+                       var attr = null;
+
+                       if (typeof(key) === 'object' && key !== null)
+                               attr = key;
+                       else if (typeof(key) === 'string')
+                               attr = {}, attr[key] = val;
+
+                       for (key in attr) {
+                               if (!attr.hasOwnProperty(key) || attr[key] == null)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               switch (typeof(attr[key])) {
+                               case 'function':
+                                       node.addEventListener(key, attr[key]);
+                                       break;
+
+                               case 'object':
+                                       node.setAttribute(key, JSON.stringify(attr[key]));
+                                       break;
+
+                               default:
+                                       node.setAttribute(key, attr[key]);
+                               }
+                       }
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Creates a new DOM `Node` from the given `html`, `attr` and
+                * `data` parameters.
+                *
+                * This function has multiple signatures, it can be either invoked
+                * in the form `create(html[, attr[, data]])` or in the form
+                * `create(html[, data])`. The used variant is determined from the
+                * type of the second argument.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {*} html
+                * Describes the node to create.
+                *
+                * When the value of `html` is of type array, a `DocumentFragment`
+                * node is created and each item of the array is first converted
+                * to a DOM `Node` by passing it through `create()` and then added
+                * as child to the fragment.
+                *
+                * When the value of `html` is a DOM `Node` instance, no new
+                * element will be created but the node will be used as-is.
+                *
+                * When the value of `html` is a string starting with `<`, it will
+                * be passed to `dom.parse()` and the resulting value is used.
+                *
+                * When the value of `html` is any other string, it will be passed
+                * to `document.createElement()` for creating a new DOM `Node` of
+                * the given name.
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, *>} [attr]
+                * Specifies an Object of key, value pairs to set as attributes
+                * or event handlers on the created node. Refer to
+                * {@link LuCI.dom#attr dom.attr()} for details.
+                *
+                * @param {*} [data]
+                * Specifies children to append to the newly created element.
+                * Refer to {@link LuCI.dom#append dom.append()} for details.
+                *
+                * @throws {InvalidCharacterError}
+                * Throws an `InvalidCharacterError` when the given `html`
+                * argument contained malformed markup (such as not escaped
+                * `&` characters in XHTML mode) or when the given node name
+                * in `html` contains characters which are not legal in DOM
+                * element names, such as spaces.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node}
+                * Returns the newly created `Node`.
+                */
+               create: function() {
+                       var html = arguments[0],
+                           attr = arguments[1],
+                           data = arguments[2],
+                           elem;
+
+                       if (!(attr instanceof Object) || Array.isArray(attr))
+                               data = attr, attr = null;
+
+                       if (Array.isArray(html)) {
+                               elem = document.createDocumentFragment();
+                               for (var i = 0; i < html.length; i++)
+                                       elem.appendChild(this.create(html[i]));
+                       }
+                       else if (this.elem(html)) {
+                               elem = html;
+                       }
+                       else if (html.charCodeAt(0) === 60) {
+                               elem = this.parse(html);
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               elem = document.createElement(html);
+                       }
+
+                       if (!elem)
+                               return null;
+
+                       this.attr(elem, attr);
+                       this.append(elem, data);
+
+                       return elem;
+               },
+
+               registry: {},
+
+               /**
+                * Attaches or detaches arbitrary data to and from a DOM `Node`.
+                *
+                * This function is useful to attach non-string values or runtime
+                * data that is not serializable to DOM nodes. To decouple data
+                * from the DOM, values are not added directly to nodes, but
+                * inserted into a registry instead which is then referenced by a
+                * string key stored as `data-idref` attribute in the node.
+                *
+                * This function has multiple signatures and is sensitive to the
+                * number of arguments passed to it.
+                *
+                *  - `dom.data(node)` -
+                *     Fetches all data associated with the given node.
+                *  - `dom.data(node, key)` -
+                *     Fetches a specific key associated with the given node.
+                *  - `dom.data(node, key, val)` -
+                *     Sets a specific key to the given value associated with the
+                *     given node.
+                *  - `dom.data(node, null)` -
+                *     Clears any data associated with the node.
+                *  - `dom.data(node, key, null)` -
+                *     Clears the given key associated with the node.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The DOM `Node` instance to set or retrieve the data for.
+                *
+                * @param {string|null} [key]
+                * This is either a string specifying the key to retrieve, or
+                * `null` to unset the entire node data.
+                *
+                * @param {*|null} [val]
+                * This is either a non-`null` value to set for a given key or
+                * `null` to remove the given `key` from the specified node.
+                *
+                * @returns {*}
+                * Returns the get or set value, or `null` when no value could
+                * be found.
+                */
+               data: function(node, key, val) {
+                       if (!node || !node.getAttribute)
+                               return null;
+
+                       var id = node.getAttribute('data-idref');
+
+                       /* clear all data */
+                       if (arguments.length > 1 && key == null) {
+                               if (id != null) {
+                                       node.removeAttribute('data-idref');
+                                       val = this.registry[id]
+                                       delete this.registry[id];
+                                       return val;
+                               }
+
+                               return null;
+                       }
+
+                       /* clear a key */
+                       else if (arguments.length > 2 && key != null && val == null) {
+                               if (id != null) {
+                                       val = this.registry[id][key];
+                                       delete this.registry[id][key];
+                                       return val;
+                               }
+
+                               return null;
+                       }
+
+                       /* set a key */
+                       else if (arguments.length > 2 && key != null && val != null) {
+                               if (id == null) {
+                                       do { id = Math.floor(Math.random() * 0xffffffff).toString(16) }
+                                       while (this.registry.hasOwnProperty(id));
+
+                                       node.setAttribute('data-idref', id);
+                                       this.registry[id] = {};
+                               }
+
+                               return (this.registry[id][key] = val);
+                       }
+
+                       /* get all data */
+                       else if (arguments.length == 1) {
+                               if (id != null)
+                                       return this.registry[id];
+
+                               return null;
+                       }
+
+                       /* get a key */
+                       else if (arguments.length == 2) {
+                               if (id != null)
+                                       return this.registry[id][key];
+                       }
+
+                       return null;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Binds the given class instance ot the specified DOM `Node`.
+                *
+                * This function uses the `dom.data()` facility to attach the
+                * passed instance of a Class to a node. This is needed for
+                * complex widget elements or similar where the corresponding
+                * class instance responsible for the element must be retrieved
+                * from DOM nodes obtained by `querySelector()` or similar means.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The DOM `Node` instance to bind the class to.
+                *
+                * @param {Class} inst
+                * The Class instance to bind to the node.
+                *
+                * @throws {TypeError}
+                * Throws a `TypeError` when the given instance argument isn't
+                * a valid Class instance.
+                *
+                * @returns {Class}
+                * Returns the bound class instance.
+                */
+               bindClassInstance: function(node, inst) {
+                       if (!(inst instanceof Class))
+                               LuCI.prototype.error('TypeError', 'Argument must be a class instance');
+
+                       return this.data(node, '_class', inst);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Finds a bound class instance on the given node itself or the
+                * first bound instance on its closest parent node.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The DOM `Node` instance to start from.
+                *
+                * @returns {Class|null}
+                * Returns the founds class instance if any or `null` if no bound
+                * class could be found on the node itself or any of its parents.
+                */
+               findClassInstance: function(node) {
+                       var inst = null;
+
+                       do {
+                               inst = this.data(node, '_class');
+                               node = node.parentNode;
+                       }
+                       while (!(inst instanceof Class) && node != null);
+
+                       return inst;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Finds a bound class instance on the given node itself or the
+                * first bound instance on its closest parent node and invokes
+                * the specified method name on the found class instance.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The DOM `Node` instance to start from.
+                *
+                * @param {string} method
+                * The name of the method to invoke on the found class instance.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} params
+                * Additional arguments to pass to the invoked method as-is.
+                *
+                * @returns {*|null}
+                * Returns the return value of the invoked method if a class
+                * instance and method has been found. Returns `null` if either
+                * no bound class instance could be found, or if the found
+                * instance didn't have the requested `method`.
+                */
+               callClassMethod: function(node, method /*, ... */) {
+                       var inst = this.findClassInstance(node);
+
+                       if (inst == null || typeof(inst[method]) != 'function')
+                               return null;
+
+                       return inst[method].apply(inst, inst.varargs(arguments, 2));
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * The ignore callback function is invoked by `isEmpty()` for each
+                * child node to decide whether to ignore a child node or not.
+                *
+                * When this function returns `false`, the node passed to it is
+                * ignored, else not.
+                *
+                * @callback LuCI.dom~ignoreCallbackFn
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The child node to test.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Boolean indicating whether to ignore the node or not.
+                */
+
+               /**
+                * Tests whether a given DOM `Node` instance is empty or appears
+                * empty.
+                *
+                * Any element child nodes which have the CSS class `hidden` set
+                * or for which the optionally passed `ignoreFn` callback function
+                * returns `false` are ignored.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.dom
+                * @param {Node} node
+                * The DOM `Node` instance to test.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.dom~ignoreCallbackFn} [ignoreFn]
+                * Specifies an optional function which is invoked for each child
+                * node to decide whether the child node should be ignored or not.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the node does not have any children or if
+                * any children node either has a `hidden` CSS class or a `false`
+                * result when testing it using the given `ignoreFn`.
+                */
+               isEmpty: function(node, ignoreFn) {
+                       for (var child = node.firstElementChild; child != null; child = child.nextElementSibling)
+                               if (!child.classList.contains('hidden') && (!ignoreFn || !ignoreFn(child)))
+                                       return false;
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+       });
+
+       /**
+        * @class session
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `session` class provides various session related functionality.
+        */
+       var Session = Class.singleton(/** @lends LuCI.session.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.session',
+
+               /**
+                * Retrieve the current session ID.
+                *
+                * @returns {string}
+                * Returns the current session ID.
+                */
+               getID: function() {
+                       return env.sessionid || '00000000000000000000000000000000';
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Retrieve the current session token.
+                *
+                * @returns {string|null}
+                * Returns the current session token or `null` if not logged in.
+                */
+               getToken: function() {
+                       return env.token || null;
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Retrieve data from the local session storage.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [key]
+                * The key to retrieve from the session data store. If omitted, all
+                * session data will be returned.
+                *
+                * @returns {*}
+                * Returns the stored session data or `null` if the given key wasn't
+                * found.
+                */
+               getLocalData: function(key) {
+                       try {
+                               var sid = this.getID(),
+                                   item = 'luci-session-store',
+                                   data = JSON.parse(window.sessionStorage.getItem(item));
+
+                               if (!LuCI.prototype.isObject(data) || !data.hasOwnProperty(sid)) {
+                                       data = {};
+                                       data[sid] = {};
+                               }
+
+                               if (key != null)
+                                       return data[sid].hasOwnProperty(key) ? data[sid][key] : null;
+
+                               return data[sid];
+                       }
+                       catch (e) {
+                               return (key != null) ? null : {};
+                       }
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Set data in the local session storage.
+                *
+                * @param {string} key
+                * The key to set in the session data store.
+                *
+                * @param {*} value
+                * The value to store. It will be internally converted to JSON before
+                * being put in the session store.
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the data could be stored or `false` on error.
+                */
+               setLocalData: function(key, value) {
+                       if (key == null)
+                               return false;
+
+                       try {
+                               var sid = this.getID(),
+                                   item = 'luci-session-store',
+                                   data = JSON.parse(window.sessionStorage.getItem(item));
+
+                               if (!LuCI.prototype.isObject(data) || !data.hasOwnProperty(sid)) {
+                                       data = {};
+                                       data[sid] = {};
+                               }
+
+                               if (value != null)
+                                       data[sid][key] = value;
+                               else
+                                       delete data[sid][key];
+
+                               window.sessionStorage.setItem(item, JSON.stringify(data));
+
+                               return true;
+                       }
+                       catch (e) {
+                               return false;
+                       }
+               }
+       });
+
+       /**
+        * @class view
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @hideconstructor
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `view` class forms the basis of views and provides a standard
+        * set of methods to inherit from.
+        */
+       var View = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.view.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.view',
+
+               __init__: function() {
+                       var vp = document.getElementById('view');
+
+                       DOM.content(vp, E('div', { 'class': 'spinning' }, _('Loading view…')));
+
+                       return Promise.resolve(this.load())
+                               .then(LuCI.prototype.bind(this.render, this))
+                               .then(LuCI.prototype.bind(function(nodes) {
+                                       var vp = document.getElementById('view');
+
+                                       DOM.content(vp, nodes);
+                                       DOM.append(vp, this.addFooter());
+                               }, this)).catch(LuCI.prototype.error);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * The load function is invoked before the view is rendered.
+                *
+                * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+                * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+                *
+                * The return value of the function (or the resolved values
+                * of the promise returned by it) will be passed as first
+                * argument to `render()`.
+                *
+                * This function is supposed to be overwritten by subclasses,
+                * the default implementation does nothing.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @abstract
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                *
+                * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+                * May return any value or a Promise resolving to any value.
+                */
+               load: function() {},
+
+               /**
+                * The render function is invoked after the
+                * {@link LuCI.view#load load()} function and responsible
+                * for setting up the view contents. It must return a DOM
+                * `Node` or `DocumentFragment` holding the contents to
+                * insert into the view area.
+                *
+                * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+                * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+                *
+                * The return value of the function (or the resolved values
+                * of the promise returned by it) will be inserted into the
+                * main content area using
+                * {@link LuCI.dom#append dom.append()}.
+                *
+                * This function is supposed to be overwritten by subclasses,
+                * the default implementation does nothing.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @abstract
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                * @param {*|null} load_results
+                * This function will receive the return value of the
+                * {@link LuCI.view#load view.load()} function as first
+                * argument.
+                *
+                * @returns {Node|Promise<Node>}
+                * Should return a DOM `Node` value or a `Promise` resolving
+                * to a `Node` value.
+                */
+               render: function() {},
+
+               /**
+                * The handleSave function is invoked when the user clicks
+                * the `Save` button in the page action footer.
+                *
+                * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+                * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+                * will iterate all forms present in the view and invoke
+                * the {@link form#Map#save Map.save()} method on each form.
+                *
+                * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+                * logic should overwrite `handleSave()` with a custom
+                * implementation.
+                *
+                * To disable the `Save` page footer button, views extending
+                * this base class should overwrite the `handleSave` function
+                * with `null`.
+                *
+                * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+                * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                * @param {Event} ev
+                * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+                *
+                * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+                * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+                * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+                * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+                * is reenabled.
+                */
+               handleSave: function(ev) {
+                       var tasks = [];
+
+                       document.getElementById('maincontent')
+                               .querySelectorAll('.cbi-map').forEach(function(map) {
+                                       tasks.push(DOM.callClassMethod(map, 'save'));
+                               });
+
+                       return Promise.all(tasks);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * The handleSaveApply function is invoked when the user clicks
+                * the `Save & Apply` button in the page action footer.
+                *
+                * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+                * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+                * will first invoke
+                * {@link LuCI.view.handleSave view.handleSave()} and then
+                * call {@link ui#changes#apply ui.changes.apply()} to start the
+                * modal config apply and page reload flow.
+                *
+                * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+                * logic should overwrite `handleSaveApply()` with a custom
+                * implementation.
+                *
+                * To disable the `Save & Apply` page footer button, views
+                * extending this base class should overwrite the
+                * `handleSaveApply` function with `null`.
+                *
+                * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+                * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                * @param {Event} ev
+                * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+                *
+                * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+                * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+                * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+                * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+                * is reenabled.
+                */
+               handleSaveApply: function(ev, mode) {
+                       return this.handleSave(ev).then(function() {
+                               classes.ui.changes.apply(mode == '0');
+                       });
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * The handleReset function is invoked when the user clicks
+                * the `Reset` button in the page action footer.
+                *
+                * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+                * views using {@link form#Map form.Map()} based forms - it
+                * will iterate all forms present in the view and invoke
+                * the {@link form#Map#save Map.reset()} method on each form.
+                *
+                * Views not using `Map` instances or requiring other special
+                * logic should overwrite `handleReset()` with a custom
+                * implementation.
+                *
+                * To disable the `Reset` page footer button, views extending
+                * this base class should overwrite the `handleReset` function
+                * with `null`.
+                *
+                * The invocation of this function is wrapped by
+                * `Promise.resolve()` so it may return Promises if needed.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                * @param {Event} ev
+                * The DOM event that triggered the function.
+                *
+                * @returns {*|Promise<*>}
+                * Any return values of this function are discarded, but
+                * passed through `Promise.resolve()` to ensure that any
+                * returned promise runs to completion before the button
+                * is reenabled.
+                */
+               handleReset: function(ev) {
+                       var tasks = [];
+
+                       document.getElementById('maincontent')
+                               .querySelectorAll('.cbi-map').forEach(function(map) {
+                                       tasks.push(DOM.callClassMethod(map, 'reset'));
+                               });
+
+                       return Promise.all(tasks);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Renders a standard page action footer if any of the
+                * `handleSave()`, `handleSaveApply()` or `handleReset()`
+                * functions are defined.
+                *
+                * The default implementation should be sufficient for most
+                * views - it will render a standard page footer with action
+                * buttons labeled `Save`, `Save & Apply` and `Reset`
+                * triggering the `handleSave()`, `handleSaveApply()` and
+                * `handleReset()` functions respectively.
+                *
+                * When any of these `handle*()` functions is overwritten
+                * with `null` by a view extending this class, the
+                * corresponding button will not be rendered.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI.view
+                * @returns {DocumentFragment}
+                * Returns a `DocumentFragment` containing the footer bar
+                * with buttons for each corresponding `handle*()` action
+                * or an empty `DocumentFragment` if all three `handle*()`
+                * methods are overwritten with `null`.
+                */
+               addFooter: function() {
+                       var footer = E([]),
+                           vp = document.getElementById('view'),
+                           hasmap = false,
+                           readonly = true;
+
+                       vp.querySelectorAll('.cbi-map').forEach(function(map) {
+                               var m = DOM.findClassInstance(map);
+                               if (m) {
+                                       hasmap = true;
+
+                                       if (!m.readonly)
+                                               readonly = false;
+                               }
+                       });
+
+                       if (!hasmap)
+                               readonly = !LuCI.prototype.hasViewPermission();
+
+                       var saveApplyBtn = this.handleSaveApply ? new classes.ui.ComboButton('0', {
+                               0: [ _('Save & Apply') ],
+                               1: [ _('Apply unchecked') ]
+                       }, {
+                               classes: {
+                                       0: 'btn cbi-button cbi-button-apply important',
+                                       1: 'btn cbi-button cbi-button-negative important'
+                               },
+                               click: classes.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleSaveApply'),
+                               disabled: readonly || null
+                       }).render() : E([]);
+
+                       if (this.handleSaveApply || this.handleSave || this.handleReset) {
+                               footer.appendChild(E('div', { 'class': 'cbi-page-actions control-group' }, [
+                                       saveApplyBtn, ' ',
+                                       this.handleSave ? E('button', {
+                                               'class': 'cbi-button cbi-button-save',
+                                               'click': classes.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleSave'),
+                                               'disabled': readonly || null
+                                       }, [ _('Save') ]) : '', ' ',
+                                       this.handleReset ? E('button', {
+                                               'class': 'cbi-button cbi-button-reset',
+                                               'click': classes.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleReset'),
+                                               'disabled': readonly || null
+                                       }, [ _('Reset') ]) : ''
+                               ]));
+                       }
+
+                       return footer;
+               }
+       });
+
 
        var dummyElem = null,
            domParser = null,
            originalCBIInit = null,
            rpcBaseURL = null,
            sysFeatures = null,
-           classes = {};
+           preloadClasses = null;
+
+       /* "preload" builtin classes to make the available via require */
+       var classes = {
+               baseclass: Class,
+               dom: DOM,
+               poll: Poll,
+               request: Request,
+               session: Session,
+               view: View
+       };
 
-       var LuCI = Class.extend({
+       var LuCI = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.prototype */ {
                __name__: 'LuCI',
-               __init__: function(env) {
+               __init__: function(setenv) {
 
                        document.querySelectorAll('script[src*="/luci.js"]').forEach(function(s) {
-                               if (env.base_url == null || env.base_url == '') {
+                               if (setenv.base_url == null || setenv.base_url == '') {
                                        var m = (s.getAttribute('src') || '').match(/^(.*)\/luci\.js(?:\?v=([^?]+))?$/);
                                        if (m) {
-                                               env.base_url = m[1];
-                                               env.resource_version = m[2];
+                                               setenv.base_url = m[1];
+                                               setenv.resource_version = m[2];
                                        }
                                }
                        });
 
-                       if (env.base_url == null)
+                       if (setenv.base_url == null)
                                this.error('InternalError', 'Cannot find url of luci.js');
 
-                       Object.assign(this.env, env);
+                       setenv.cgi_base = setenv.scriptname.replace(/\/[^\/]+$/, '');
 
-                       document.addEventListener('poll-start', function(ev) {
-                               document.querySelectorAll('[id^="xhr_poll_status"]').forEach(function(e) {
-                                       e.style.display = (e.id == 'xhr_poll_status_off') ? 'none' : '';
-                               });
-                       });
-
-                       document.addEventListener('poll-stop', function(ev) {
-                               document.querySelectorAll('[id^="xhr_poll_status"]').forEach(function(e) {
-                                       e.style.display = (e.id == 'xhr_poll_status_on') ? 'none' : '';
-                               });
-                       });
+                       Object.assign(env, setenv);
 
                        var domReady = new Promise(function(resolveFn, rejectFn) {
                                document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', resolveFn);
                        window.cbi_init = function() {};
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Captures the current stack trace and throws an error of the
+                * specified type as a new exception. Also logs the exception as
+                * error to the debug console if it is available.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {Error|string} [type=Error]
+                * Either a string specifying the type of the error to throw or an
+                * existing `Error` instance to copy.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [fmt=Unspecified error]
+                * A format string which is used to form the error message, together
+                * with all subsequent optional arguments.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} [args]
+                * Zero or more variable arguments to the supplied format string.
+                *
+                * @throws {Error}
+                * Throws the created error object with the captured stack trace
+                * appended to the message and the type set to the given type
+                * argument or copied from the given error instance.
+                */
                raise: function(type, fmt /*, ...*/) {
                        var e = null,
                            msg = fmt ? String.prototype.format.apply(fmt, this.varargs(arguments, 2)) : null,
                        throw e;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * A wrapper around {@link LuCI#raise raise()} which also renders
+                * the error either as modal overlay when `ui.js` is already loaed
+                * or directly into the view body.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {Error|string} [type=Error]
+                * Either a string specifying the type of the error to throw or an
+                * existing `Error` instance to copy.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [fmt=Unspecified error]
+                * A format string which is used to form the error message, together
+                * with all subsequent optional arguments.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} [args]
+                * Zero or more variable arguments to the supplied format string.
+                *
+                * @throws {Error}
+                * Throws the created error object with the captured stack trace
+                * appended to the message and the type set to the given type
+                * argument or copied from the given error instance.
+                */
                error: function(type, fmt /*, ...*/) {
                        try {
-                               L.raise.apply(L, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
+                               LuCI.prototype.raise.apply(LuCI.prototype,
+                                       Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments));
                        }
                        catch (e) {
                                if (!e.reported) {
-                                       if (L.ui)
-                                               L.ui.addNotification(e.name || _('Runtime error'),
+                                       if (classes.ui)
+                                               classes.ui.addNotification(e.name || _('Runtime error'),
                                                        E('pre', {}, e.message), 'danger');
                                        else
-                                               L.dom.content(document.querySelector('#maincontent'),
+                                               DOM.content(document.querySelector('#maincontent'),
                                                        E('pre', { 'class': 'alert-message error' }, e.message));
 
                                        e.reported = true;
                        }
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Return a bound function using the given `self` as `this` context
+                * and any further arguments as parameters to the bound function.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {function} fn
+                * The function to bind.
+                *
+                * @param {*} self
+                * The value to bind as `this` context to the specified function.
+                *
+                * @param {...*} [args]
+                * Zero or more variable arguments which are bound to the function
+                * as parameters.
+                *
+                * @returns {function}
+                * Returns the bound function.
+                */
                bind: function(fn, self /*, ... */) {
                        return Function.prototype.bind.apply(fn, this.varargs(arguments, 2, self));
                },
 
-               /* Class require */
+               /**
+                * Load an additional LuCI JavaScript class and its dependencies,
+                * instantiate it and return the resulting class instance. Each
+                * class is only loaded once. Subsequent attempts to load the same
+                * class will return the already instantiated class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string} name
+                * The name of the class to load in dotted notation. Dots will
+                * be replaced by spaces and joined with the runtime-determined
+                * base URL of LuCI.js to form an absolute URL to load the class
+                * file from.
+                *
+                * @throws {DependencyError}
+                * Throws a `DependencyError` when the class to load includes
+                * circular dependencies.
+                *
+                * @throws {NetworkError}
+                * Throws `NetworkError` when the underlying {@link LuCI.request}
+                * call failed.
+                *
+                * @throws {SyntaxError}
+                * Throws `SyntaxError` when the loaded class file code cannot
+                * be interpreted by `eval`.
+                *
+                * @throws {TypeError}
+                * Throws `TypeError` when the class file could be loaded and
+                * interpreted, but when invoking its code did not yield a valid
+                * class instance.
+                *
+                * @returns {Promise<LuCI.baseclass>}
+                * Returns the instantiated class.
+                */
                require: function(name, from) {
                        var L = this, url = null, from = from || [];
 
                        if (classes[name] != null) {
                                /* Circular dependency */
                                if (from.indexOf(name) != -1)
-                                       L.raise('DependencyError',
+                                       LuCI.prototype.raise('DependencyError',
                                                'Circular dependency: class "%s" depends on "%s"',
                                                name, from.join('" which depends on "'));
 
-                               return classes[name];
+                               return Promise.resolve(classes[name]);
                        }
 
-                       url = '%s/%s.js%s'.format(L.env.base_url, name.replace(/\./g, '/'), (L.env.resource_version ? '?v=' + L.env.resource_version : ''));
+                       url = '%s/%s.js%s'.format(env.base_url, name.replace(/\./g, '/'), (env.resource_version ? '?v=' + env.resource_version : ''));
                        from = [ name ].concat(from);
 
                        var compileClass = function(res) {
                                if (!res.ok)
-                                       L.raise('NetworkError',
+                                       LuCI.prototype.raise('NetworkError',
                                                'HTTP error %d while loading class file "%s"', res.status, url);
 
                                var source = res.text(),
 
                                                if (m) {
                                                        var dep = m[1], as = m[2] || dep.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/g, '_');
-                                                       depends.push(L.require(dep, from));
+                                                       depends.push(LuCI.prototype.require(dep, from));
                                                        args += ', ' + as;
                                                }
                                                else if (!strictmatch.exec(s)) {
                                                                .format(args, source, res.url));
                                        }
                                        catch (error) {
-                                               L.raise('SyntaxError', '%s\n  in %s:%s',
+                                               LuCI.prototype.raise('SyntaxError', '%s\n  in %s:%s',
                                                        error.message, res.url, error.lineNumber || '?');
                                        }
 
                                        _class = _factory.apply(_factory, [window, document, L].concat(instances));
 
                                        if (!Class.isSubclass(_class))
-                                           L.error('TypeError', '"%s" factory yields invalid constructor', name);
+                                           LuCI.prototype.error('TypeError', '"%s" factory yields invalid constructor', name);
 
                                        if (_class.displayName == 'AnonymousClass')
                                                _class.displayName = toCamelCase(name + 'Class');
 
                /* DOM setup */
                probeRPCBaseURL: function() {
-                       if (rpcBaseURL == null) {
-                               try {
-                                       rpcBaseURL = window.sessionStorage.getItem('rpcBaseURL');
-                               }
-                               catch (e) { }
-                       }
+                       if (rpcBaseURL == null)
+                               rpcBaseURL = Session.getLocalData('rpcBaseURL');
 
                        if (rpcBaseURL == null) {
                                var rpcFallbackURL = this.url('admin/ubus');
 
-                               rpcBaseURL = Request.get('/ubus/').then(function(res) {
-                                       return (rpcBaseURL = (res.status == 400) ? '/ubus/' : rpcFallbackURL);
+                               rpcBaseURL = Request.get(env.ubuspath).then(function(res) {
+                                       return (rpcBaseURL = (res.status == 400) ? env.ubuspath : rpcFallbackURL);
                                }, function() {
                                        return (rpcBaseURL = rpcFallbackURL);
                                }).then(function(url) {
-                                       try {
-                                               window.sessionStorage.setItem('rpcBaseURL', url);
-                                       }
-                                       catch (e) { }
-
+                                       Session.setLocalData('rpcBaseURL', url);
                                        return url;
                                });
                        }
                },
 
                probeSystemFeatures: function() {
-                       if (sysFeatures == null) {
-                               try {
-                                       sysFeatures = JSON.parse(window.sessionStorage.getItem('sysFeatures'));
-                               }
-                               catch (e) {}
-                       }
+                       if (sysFeatures == null)
+                               sysFeatures = Session.getLocalData('features');
 
                        if (!this.isObject(sysFeatures)) {
                                sysFeatures = classes.rpc.declare({
                                        method: 'getFeatures',
                                        expect: { '': {} }
                                })().then(function(features) {
-                                       try {
-                                               window.sessionStorage.setItem('sysFeatures', JSON.stringify(features));
-                                       }
-                                       catch (e) {}
-
+                                       Session.setLocalData('features', features);
                                        sysFeatures = features;
 
                                        return features;
                        return Promise.resolve(sysFeatures);
                },
 
+               probePreloadClasses: function() {
+                       if (preloadClasses == null)
+                               preloadClasses = Session.getLocalData('preload');
+
+                       if (!Array.isArray(preloadClasses)) {
+                               preloadClasses = this.resolveDefault(classes.rpc.declare({
+                                       object: 'file',
+                                       method: 'list',
+                                       params: [ 'path' ],
+                                       expect: { 'entries': [] }
+                               })(this.fspath(this.resource('preload'))), []).then(function(entries) {
+                                       var classes = [];
+
+                                       for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
+                                               if (entries[i].type != 'file')
+                                                       continue;
+
+                                               var m = entries[i].name.match(/(.+)\.js$/);
+
+                                               if (m)
+                                                       classes.push('preload.%s'.format(m[1]));
+                                       }
+
+                                       Session.setLocalData('preload', classes);
+                                       preloadClasses = classes;
+
+                                       return classes;
+                               });
+                       }
+
+                       return Promise.resolve(preloadClasses);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Test whether a particular system feature is available, such as
+                * hostapd SAE support or an installed firewall. The features are
+                * queried once at the beginning of the LuCI session and cached in
+                * `SessionStorage` throughout the lifetime of the associated tab or
+                * browser window.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string} feature
+                * The feature to test. For detailed list of known feature flags,
+                * see `/modules/luci-base/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci`.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [subfeature]
+                * Some feature classes like `hostapd` provide sub-feature flags,
+                * such as `sae` or `11w` support. The `subfeature` argument can
+                * be used to query these.
+                *
+                * @return {boolean|null}
+                * Return `true` if the queried feature (and sub-feature) is available
+                * or `false` if the requested feature isn't present or known.
+                * Return `null` when a sub-feature was queried for a feature which
+                * has no sub-features.
+                */
                hasSystemFeature: function() {
                        var ft = sysFeatures[arguments[0]];
 
                        return (ft != null && ft != false);
                },
 
+               /* private */
                notifySessionExpiry: function() {
                        Poll.stop();
 
-                       L.ui.showModal(_('Session expired'), [
+                       classes.ui.showModal(_('Session expired'), [
                                E('div', { class: 'alert-message warning' },
                                        _('A new login is required since the authentication session expired.')),
                                E('div', { class: 'right' },
                                        }, _('To login…')))
                        ]);
 
-                       L.raise('SessionError', 'Login session is expired');
+                       LuCI.prototype.raise('SessionError', 'Login session is expired');
                },
 
+               /* private */
                setupDOM: function(res) {
                        var domEv = res[0],
                            uiClass = res[1],
                        rpcClass.setBaseURL(rpcBaseURL);
 
                        rpcClass.addInterceptor(function(msg, req) {
-                               if (!L.isObject(msg) || !L.isObject(msg.error) || msg.error.code != -32002)
+                               if (!LuCI.prototype.isObject(msg) ||
+                                   !LuCI.prototype.isObject(msg.error) ||
+                                   msg.error.code != -32002)
                                        return;
 
-                               if (!L.isObject(req) || (req.object == 'session' && req.method == 'access'))
+                               if (!LuCI.prototype.isObject(req) ||
+                                   (req.object == 'session' && req.method == 'access'))
                                        return;
 
                                return rpcClass.declare({
                                        'method': 'access',
                                        'params': [ 'scope', 'object', 'function' ],
                                        'expect': { access: true }
-                               })('uci', 'luci', 'read').catch(L.notifySessionExpiry);
+                               })('uci', 'luci', 'read').catch(LuCI.prototype.notifySessionExpiry);
                        });
 
                        Request.addInterceptor(function(res) {
                                if (!isDenied)
                                        return;
 
-                               L.notifySessionExpiry();
+                               LuCI.prototype.notifySessionExpiry();
                        });
 
-                       return this.probeSystemFeatures().finally(this.initDOM);
+                       document.addEventListener('poll-start', function(ev) {
+                               uiClass.showIndicator('poll-status', _('Refreshing'), function(ev) {
+                                       Request.poll.active() ? Request.poll.stop() : Request.poll.start();
+                               });
+                       });
+
+                       document.addEventListener('poll-stop', function(ev) {
+                               uiClass.showIndicator('poll-status', _('Paused'), null, 'inactive');
+                       });
+
+                       return Promise.all([
+                               this.probeSystemFeatures(),
+                               this.probePreloadClasses()
+                       ]).finally(LuCI.prototype.bind(function() {
+                               var tasks = [];
+
+                               if (Array.isArray(preloadClasses))
+                                       for (var i = 0; i < preloadClasses.length; i++)
+                                               tasks.push(this.require(preloadClasses[i]));
+
+                               return Promise.all(tasks);
+                       }, this)).finally(this.initDOM);
                },
 
+               /* private */
                initDOM: function() {
                        originalCBIInit();
                        Poll.start();
                        document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('luci-loaded'));
                },
 
-               env: {},
+               /**
+                * The `env` object holds environment settings used by LuCI, such
+                * as request timeouts, base URLs etc.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                */
+               env: env,
+
+               /**
+                * Construct an absolute filesystem path relative to the server
+                * document root.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {...string} [parts]
+                * An array of parts to join into a path.
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Return the joined path.
+                */
+               fspath: function(/* ... */) {
+                       var path = env.documentroot;
+
+                       for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
+                               path += '/' + arguments[i];
+
+                       var p = path.replace(/\/+$/, '').replace(/\/+/g, '/').split(/\//),
+                           res = [];
+
+                       for (var i = 0; i < p.length; i++)
+                               if (p[i] == '..')
+                                       res.pop();
+                               else if (p[i] != '.')
+                                       res.push(p[i]);
+
+                       return res.join('/');
+               },
 
-               /* URL construction helpers */
+               /**
+                * Construct a relative URL path from the given prefix and parts.
+                * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+                * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+                * as `/` for the path separator.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string} [prefix]
+                * The prefix to join the given parts with. If the `prefix` is
+                * omitted, it defaults to an empty string.
+                *
+                * @param {string[]} [parts]
+                * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+                * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Return the joined URL path.
+                */
                path: function(prefix, parts) {
                        var url = [ prefix || '' ];
 
                        return url.join('');
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Construct an URL  pathrelative to the script path of the server
+                * side LuCI application (usually `/cgi-bin/luci`).
+                *
+                * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+                * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+                * as `/` for the path separator.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string[]} [parts]
+                * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+                * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Returns the resulting URL path.
+                */
                url: function() {
-                       return this.path(this.env.scriptname, arguments);
+                       return this.path(env.scriptname, arguments);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Construct an URL path relative to the global static resource path
+                * of the LuCI ui (usually `/luci-static/resources`).
+                *
+                * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+                * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+                * as `/` for the path separator.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string[]} [parts]
+                * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+                * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Returns the resulting URL path.
+                */
                resource: function() {
-                       return this.path(this.env.resource, arguments);
+                       return this.path(env.resource, arguments);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Construct an URL path relative to the media resource path of the
+                * LuCI ui (usually `/luci-static/$theme_name`).
+                *
+                * The resulting URL is guaranteed to only contain the characters
+                * `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `_`, `.`, `%`, `,`, `;`, and `-` as well
+                * as `/` for the path separator.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string[]} [parts]
+                * An array of parts to join into an URL path. Parts may contain
+                * slashes and any of the other characters mentioned above.
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Returns the resulting URL path.
+                */
+               media: function() {
+                       return this.path(env.media, arguments);
+               },
+
+               /**
+                * Return the complete URL path to the current view.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @return {string}
+                * Returns the URL path to the current view.
+                */
                location: function() {
-                       return this.path(this.env.scriptname, this.env.requestpath);
+                       return this.path(env.scriptname, env.requestpath);
                },
 
 
-               /* Data helpers */
+               /**
+                * Tests whether the passed argument is a JavaScript object.
+                * This function is meant to be an object counterpart to the
+                * standard `Array.isArray()` function.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {*} [val]
+                * The value to test
+                *
+                * @return {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the given value is of type object and
+                * not `null`, else returns `false`.
+                */
                isObject: function(val) {
                        return (val != null && typeof(val) == 'object');
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Return an array of sorted object keys, optionally sorted by
+                * a different key or a different sorting mode.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {object} obj
+                * The object to extract the keys from. If the given value is
+                * not an object, the function will return an empty array.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [key]
+                * Specifies the key to order by. This is mainly useful for
+                * nested objects of objects or objects of arrays when sorting
+                * shall not be performed by the primary object keys but by
+                * some other key pointing to a value within the nested values.
+                *
+                * @param {string} [sortmode]
+                * May be either `addr` or `num` to override the natural
+                * lexicographic sorting with a sorting suitable for IP/MAC style
+                * addresses or numeric values respectively.
+                *
+                * @return {string[]}
+                * Returns an array containing the sorted keys of the given object.
+                */
                sortedKeys: function(obj, key, sortmode) {
                        if (obj == null || typeof(obj) != 'object')
                                return [];
                        });
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Converts the given value to an array. If the given value is of
+                * type array, it is returned as-is, values of type object are
+                * returned as one-element array containing the object, empty
+                * strings and `null` values are returned as empty array, all other
+                * values are converted using `String()`, trimmed, split on white
+                * space and returned as array.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {*} val
+                * The value to convert into an array.
+                *
+                * @return {Array<*>}
+                * Returns the resulting array.
+                */
                toArray: function(val) {
                        if (val == null)
                                return [];
                        return s.split(/\s+/);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Returns a promise resolving with either the given value or or with
+                * the given default in case the input value is a rejecting promise.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {*} value
+                * The value to resolve the promise with.
+                *
+                * @param {*} defvalue
+                * The default value to resolve the promise with in case the given
+                * input value is a rejecting promise.
+                *
+                * @returns {Promise<*>}
+                * Returns a new promise resolving either to the given input value or
+                * to the given default value on error.
+                */
+               resolveDefault: function(value, defvalue) {
+                       return Promise.resolve(value).catch(function() { return defvalue });
+               },
 
-               /* HTTP resource fetching */
+               /**
+                * The request callback function is invoked whenever an HTTP
+                * reply to a request made using the `L.get()`, `L.post()` or
+                * `L.poll()` function is timed out or received successfully.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @callback LuCI.requestCallbackFn
+                * @param {XMLHTTPRequest} xhr
+                * The XMLHTTPRequest instance used to make the request.
+                *
+                * @param {*} data
+                * The response JSON if the response could be parsed as such,
+                * else `null`.
+                *
+                * @param {number} duration
+                * The total duration of the request in milliseconds.
+                */
+
+               /**
+                * Issues a GET request to the given url and invokes the specified
+                * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+                * {@link LuCI.request#request Request.request()}.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+                * Additional query string arguments to append to the URL.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+                * The callback function to invoke when the request finishes.
+                *
+                * @return {Promise<null>}
+                * Returns a promise resolving to `null` when concluded.
+                */
                get: function(url, args, cb) {
                        return this.poll(null, url, args, cb, false);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Issues a POST request to the given url and invokes the specified
+                * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+                * {@link LuCI.request#request Request.request()}. The request is
+                * sent using `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` encoding and will
+                * contain a field `token` with the current value of `LuCI.env.token`
+                * by default.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+                * Additional post arguments to append to the request body.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+                * The callback function to invoke when the request finishes.
+                *
+                * @return {Promise<null>}
+                * Returns a promise resolving to `null` when concluded.
+                */
                post: function(url, args, cb) {
                        return this.poll(null, url, args, cb, true);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Register a polling HTTP request that invokes the specified
+                * callback function. The function is a wrapper around
+                * {@link LuCI.request.poll#add Request.poll.add()}.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {number} interval
+                * The poll interval to use. If set to a value less than or equal
+                * to `0`, it will default to the global poll interval configured
+                * in `LuCI.env.pollinterval`.
+                *
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to request.
+                *
+                * @param {Object<string, string>} [args]
+                * Specifies additional arguments for the request. For GET requests,
+                * the arguments are appended to the URL as query string, for POST
+                * requests, they'll be added to the request body.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} cb
+                * The callback function to invoke whenever a request finishes.
+                *
+                * @param {boolean} [post=false]
+                * When set to `false` or not specified, poll requests will be made
+                * using the GET method. When set to `true`, POST requests will be
+                * issued. In case of POST requests, the request body will contain
+                * an argument `token` with the current value of `LuCI.env.token` by
+                * default, regardless of the parameters specified with `args`.
+                *
+                * @return {function}
+                * Returns the internally created function that has been passed to
+                * {@link LuCI.request.poll#add Request.poll.add()}. This value can
+                * be passed to {@link LuCI.poll.remove Poll.remove()} to remove the
+                * polling request.
+                */
                poll: function(interval, url, args, cb, post) {
                        if (interval !== null && interval <= 0)
-                               interval = this.env.pollinterval;
+                               interval = env.pollinterval;
 
-                       var data = post ? { token: this.env.token } : null,
+                       var data = post ? { token: env.token } : null,
                            method = post ? 'POST' : 'GET';
 
                        if (!/^(?:\/|\S+:\/\/)/.test(url))
                                        });
                },
 
-               stop: function(entry) { return Poll.remove(entry) },
-               halt: function() { return Poll.stop() },
-               run: function() { return Poll.start() },
-
-               /* DOM manipulation */
-               dom: Class.singleton({
-                       __name__: 'LuCI.DOM',
-
-                       elem: function(e) {
-                               return (e != null && typeof(e) == 'object' && 'nodeType' in e);
-                       },
-
-                       parse: function(s) {
-                               var elem;
-
-                               try {
-                                       domParser = domParser || new DOMParser();
-                                       elem = domParser.parseFromString(s, 'text/html').body.firstChild;
-                               }
-                               catch(e) {}
-
-                               if (!elem) {
-                                       try {
-                                               dummyElem = dummyElem || document.createElement('div');
-                                               dummyElem.innerHTML = s;
-                                               elem = dummyElem.firstChild;
-                                       }
-                                       catch (e) {}
-                               }
-
-                               return elem || null;
-                       },
-
-                       matches: function(node, selector) {
-                               var m = this.elem(node) ? node.matches || node.msMatchesSelector : null;
-                               return m ? m.call(node, selector) : false;
-                       },
-
-                       parent: function(node, selector) {
-                               if (this.elem(node) && node.closest)
-                                       return node.closest(selector);
-
-                               while (this.elem(node))
-                                       if (this.matches(node, selector))
-                                               return node;
-                                       else
-                                               node = node.parentNode;
-
-                               return null;
-                       },
-
-                       append: function(node, children) {
-                               if (!this.elem(node))
-                                       return null;
-
-                               if (Array.isArray(children)) {
-                                       for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
-                                               if (this.elem(children[i]))
-                                                       node.appendChild(children[i]);
-                                               else if (children !== null && children !== undefined)
-                                                       node.appendChild(document.createTextNode('' + children[i]));
-
-                                       return node.lastChild;
-                               }
-                               else if (typeof(children) === 'function') {
-                                       return this.append(node, children(node));
-                               }
-                               else if (this.elem(children)) {
-                                       return node.appendChild(children);
-                               }
-                               else if (children !== null && children !== undefined) {
-                                       node.innerHTML = '' + children;
-                                       return node.lastChild;
-                               }
-
-                               return null;
-                       },
-
-                       content: function(node, children) {
-                               if (!this.elem(node))
-                                       return null;
-
-                               var dataNodes = node.querySelectorAll('[data-idref]');
-
-                               for (var i = 0; i < dataNodes.length; i++)
-                                       delete this.registry[dataNodes[i].getAttribute('data-idref')];
-
-                               while (node.firstChild)
-                                       node.removeChild(node.firstChild);
-
-                               return this.append(node, children);
-                       },
-
-                       attr: function(node, key, val) {
-                               if (!this.elem(node))
-                                       return null;
-
-                               var attr = null;
-
-                               if (typeof(key) === 'object' && key !== null)
-                                       attr = key;
-                               else if (typeof(key) === 'string')
-                                       attr = {}, attr[key] = val;
-
-                               for (key in attr) {
-                                       if (!attr.hasOwnProperty(key) || attr[key] == null)
-                                               continue;
-
-                                       switch (typeof(attr[key])) {
-                                       case 'function':
-                                               node.addEventListener(key, attr[key]);
-                                               break;
-
-                                       case 'object':
-                                               node.setAttribute(key, JSON.stringify(attr[key]));
-                                               break;
-
-                                       default:
-                                               node.setAttribute(key, attr[key]);
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       },
-
-                       create: function() {
-                               var html = arguments[0],
-                                   attr = arguments[1],
-                                   data = arguments[2],
-                                   elem;
-
-                               if (!(attr instanceof Object) || Array.isArray(attr))
-                                       data = attr, attr = null;
-
-                               if (Array.isArray(html)) {
-                                       elem = document.createDocumentFragment();
-                                       for (var i = 0; i < html.length; i++)
-                                               elem.appendChild(this.create(html[i]));
-                               }
-                               else if (this.elem(html)) {
-                                       elem = html;
-                               }
-                               else if (html.charCodeAt(0) === 60) {
-                                       elem = this.parse(html);
-                               }
-                               else {
-                                       elem = document.createElement(html);
-                               }
-
-                               if (!elem)
-                                       return null;
-
-                               this.attr(elem, attr);
-                               this.append(elem, data);
-
-                               return elem;
-                       },
-
-                       registry: {},
-
-                       data: function(node, key, val) {
-                               var id = node.getAttribute('data-idref');
-
-                               /* clear all data */
-                               if (arguments.length > 1 && key == null) {
-                                       if (id != null) {
-                                               node.removeAttribute('data-idref');
-                                               val = this.registry[id]
-                                               delete this.registry[id];
-                                               return val;
-                                       }
-
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               /* clear a key */
-                               else if (arguments.length > 2 && key != null && val == null) {
-                                       if (id != null) {
-                                               val = this.registry[id][key];
-                                               delete this.registry[id][key];
-                                               return val;
-                                       }
-
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               /* set a key */
-                               else if (arguments.length > 2 && key != null && val != null) {
-                                       if (id == null) {
-                                               do { id = Math.floor(Math.random() * 0xffffffff).toString(16) }
-                                               while (this.registry.hasOwnProperty(id));
-
-                                               node.setAttribute('data-idref', id);
-                                               this.registry[id] = {};
-                                       }
-
-                                       return (this.registry[id][key] = val);
-                               }
-
-                               /* get all data */
-                               else if (arguments.length == 1) {
-                                       if (id != null)
-                                               return this.registry[id];
-
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               /* get a key */
-                               else if (arguments.length == 2) {
-                                       if (id != null)
-                                               return this.registry[id][key];
-                               }
-
-                               return null;
-                       },
-
-                       bindClassInstance: function(node, inst) {
-                               if (!(inst instanceof Class))
-                                       L.error('TypeError', 'Argument must be a class instance');
-
-                               return this.data(node, '_class', inst);
-                       },
-
-                       findClassInstance: function(node) {
-                               var inst = null;
-
-                               do {
-                                       inst = this.data(node, '_class');
-                                       node = node.parentNode;
-                               }
-                               while (!(inst instanceof Class) && node != null);
-
-                               return inst;
-                       },
-
-                       callClassMethod: function(node, method /*, ... */) {
-                               var inst = this.findClassInstance(node);
-
-                               if (inst == null || typeof(inst[method]) != 'function')
-                                       return null;
+               /**
+                * Check whether a view has sufficient permissions.
+                *
+                * @return {boolean|null}
+                * Returns `null` if the current session has no permission at all to
+                * load resources required by the view. Returns `false` if readonly
+                * permissions are granted or `true` if at least one required ACL
+                * group is granted with write permissions.
+                */
+               hasViewPermission: function() {
+                       if (!this.isObject(env.nodespec) || !env.nodespec.satisfied)
+                           return null;
+
+                       return !env.nodespec.readonly;
+               },
 
-                               return inst[method].apply(inst, inst.varargs(arguments, 2));
-                       },
+               /**
+                * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.poll.remove Poll.remove()}.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @param {function} entry
+                * The polling function to remove.
+                *
+                * @return {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` when the function has been removed or `false` if
+                * it could not be found.
+                */
+               stop: function(entry) { return Poll.remove(entry) },
 
-                       isEmpty: function(node, ignoreFn) {
-                               for (var child = node.firstElementChild; child != null; child = child.nextElementSibling)
-                                       if (!child.classList.contains('hidden') && (!ignoreFn || !ignoreFn(child)))
-                                               return false;
+               /**
+                * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.poll.stop Poll.stop()}.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @return {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` when the polling loop has been stopped or `false`
+                * when it didn't run to begin with.
+                */
+               halt: function() { return Poll.stop() },
 
-                               return true;
-                       }
-               }),
+               /**
+                * Deprecated wrapper around {@link LuCI.poll.start Poll.start()}.
+                *
+                * @deprecated
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                *
+                * @return {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` when the polling loop has been started or `false`
+                * when it was already running.
+                */
+               run: function() { return Poll.start() },
 
+               /**
+                * Legacy `L.dom` class alias. New view code should use `'require dom';`
+                * to request the `LuCI.dom` class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                * @deprecated
+                */
+               dom: DOM,
+
+               /**
+                * Legacy `L.view` class alias. New view code should use `'require view';`
+                * to request the `LuCI.view` class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                * @deprecated
+                */
+               view: View,
+
+               /**
+                * Legacy `L.Poll` class alias. New view code should use `'require poll';`
+                * to request the `LuCI.poll` class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                * @deprecated
+                */
                Poll: Poll,
-               Class: Class,
-               Request: Request,
-
-               view: Class.extend({
-                       __name__: 'LuCI.View',
-
-                       __init__: function() {
-                               var vp = document.getElementById('view');
-
-                               L.dom.content(vp, E('div', { 'class': 'spinning' }, _('Loading view…')));
-
-                               return Promise.resolve(this.load())
-                                       .then(L.bind(this.render, this))
-                                       .then(L.bind(function(nodes) {
-                                               var vp = document.getElementById('view');
-
-                                               L.dom.content(vp, nodes);
-                                               L.dom.append(vp, this.addFooter());
-                                       }, this)).catch(L.error);
-                       },
-
-                       load: function() {},
-                       render: function() {},
 
-                       handleSave: function(ev) {
-                               var tasks = [];
-
-                               document.getElementById('maincontent')
-                                       .querySelectorAll('.cbi-map').forEach(function(map) {
-                                               tasks.push(L.dom.callClassMethod(map, 'save'));
-                                       });
-
-                               return Promise.all(tasks);
-                       },
-
-                       handleSaveApply: function(ev) {
-                               return this.handleSave(ev).then(function() {
-                                       L.ui.changes.apply(true);
-                               });
-                       },
-
-                       handleReset: function(ev) {
-                               var tasks = [];
-
-                               document.getElementById('maincontent')
-                                       .querySelectorAll('.cbi-map').forEach(function(map) {
-                                               tasks.push(L.dom.callClassMethod(map, 'reset'));
-                                       });
-
-                               return Promise.all(tasks);
-                       },
-
-                       addFooter: function() {
-                               var footer = E([]);
-
-                               if (this.handleSaveApply || this.handleSave || this.handleReset) {
-                                       footer.appendChild(E('div', { 'class': 'cbi-page-actions' }, [
-                                               this.handleSaveApply ? E('button', {
-                                                       'class': 'cbi-button cbi-button-apply',
-                                                       'click': L.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleSaveApply')
-                                               }, _('Save & Apply')) : '', ' ',
-                                               this.handleSave ? E('button', {
-                                                       'class': 'cbi-button cbi-button-save',
-                                                       'click': L.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleSave')
-                                               }, _('Save')) : '', ' ',
-                                               this.handleReset ? E('button', {
-                                                       'class': 'cbi-button cbi-button-reset',
-                                                       'click': L.ui.createHandlerFn(this, 'handleReset')
-                                               }, _('Reset')) : ''
-                                       ]));
-                               }
+               /**
+                * Legacy `L.Request` class alias. New view code should use `'require request';`
+                * to request the `LuCI.request` class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                * @deprecated
+                */
+               Request: Request,
 
-                               return footer;
-                       }
-               })
+               /**
+                * Legacy `L.Class` class alias. New view code should use `'require baseclass';`
+                * to request the `LuCI.baseclass` class.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @memberof LuCI
+                * @deprecated
+                */
+               Class: Class
        });
 
-       var XHR = Class.extend({
-               __name__: 'LuCI.XHR',
+       /**
+        * @class xhr
+        * @memberof LuCI
+        * @deprecated
+        * @classdesc
+        *
+        * The `LuCI.xhr` class is a legacy compatibility shim for the
+        * functionality formerly provided by `xhr.js`. It is registered as global
+        * `window.XHR` symbol for compatibility with legacy code.
+        *
+        * New code should use {@link LuCI.request} instead to implement HTTP
+        * request handling.
+        */
+       var XHR = Class.extend(/** @lends LuCI.xhr.prototype */ {
+               __name__: 'LuCI.xhr',
                __init__: function() {
                        if (window.console && console.debug)
                                console.debug('Direct use XHR() is deprecated, please use L.Request instead');
                        delete this.active;
                },
 
+               /**
+                * This function is a legacy wrapper around
+                * {@link LuCI#get LuCI.get()}.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                *
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to request
+                *
+                * @param {Object} [data]
+                * Additional query string data
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} [callback]
+                * Callback function to invoke on completion
+                *
+                * @param {number} [timeout]
+                * Request timeout to use
+                *
+                * @return {Promise<null>}
+                */
                get: function(url, data, callback, timeout) {
                        this.active = true;
-                       L.get(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
+                       LuCI.prototype.get(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * This function is a legacy wrapper around
+                * {@link LuCI#post LuCI.post()}.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                *
+                * @param {string} url
+                * The URL to request
+                *
+                * @param {Object} [data]
+                * Additional data to append to the request body.
+                *
+                * @param {LuCI.requestCallbackFn} [callback]
+                * Callback function to invoke on completion
+                *
+                * @param {number} [timeout]
+                * Request timeout to use
+                *
+                * @return {Promise<null>}
+                */
                post: function(url, data, callback, timeout) {
                        this.active = true;
-                       L.post(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
+                       LuCI.prototype.post(url, data, this._response.bind(this, callback), timeout);
                },
 
+               /**
+                * Cancels a running request.
+                *
+                * This function does not actually cancel the underlying
+                * `XMLHTTPRequest` request but it sets a flag which prevents the
+                * invocation of the callback function when the request eventually
+                * finishes or timed out.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                */
                cancel: function() { delete this.active },
+
+               /**
+                * Checks the running state of the request.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                *
+                * @returns {boolean}
+                * Returns `true` if the request is still running or `false` if it
+                * already completed.
+                */
                busy: function() { return (this.active === true) },
+
+               /**
+                * Ignored for backwards compatibility.
+                *
+                * This function does nothing.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                */
                abort: function() {},
-               send_form: function() { L.error('InternalError', 'Not implemented') },
+
+               /**
+                * Existing for backwards compatibility.
+                *
+                * This function simply throws an `InternalError` when invoked.
+                *
+                * @instance
+                * @deprecated
+                * @memberof LuCI.xhr
+                *
+                * @throws {InternalError}
+                * Throws an `InternalError` with the message `Not implemented`
+                * when invoked.
+                */
+               send_form: function() { LuCI.prototype.error('InternalError', 'Not implemented') },
        });
 
-       XHR.get = function() { return window.L.get.apply(window.L, arguments) };
-       XHR.post = function() { return window.L.post.apply(window.L, arguments) };
-       XHR.poll = function() { return window.L.poll.apply(window.L, arguments) };
+       XHR.get = function() { return LuCI.prototype.get.apply(LuCI.prototype, arguments) };
+       XHR.post = function() { return LuCI.prototype.post.apply(LuCI.prototype, arguments) };
+       XHR.poll = function() { return LuCI.prototype.poll.apply(LuCI.prototype, arguments) };
        XHR.stop = Request.poll.remove.bind(Request.poll);
        XHR.halt = Request.poll.stop.bind(Request.poll);
        XHR.run = Request.poll.start.bind(Request.poll);